The Radicalization of Episcopal Seminaries

Aug 16, 2022 by

by Mary Ann Mueller, VOL:

Students are indoctrinated in Womanist Theology, Liberation Theology, and Queer Theology’

A new school year is starting. Some public schools have reopened their doors for a new academic year. Colleges are set to gear up in a couple of weeks, and theological seminaries are slated to commence their new fall terms at the tail end of August or the beginning of September, including the Episcopal seminaries which dot the landscape from New York to California.

The ten seminaries which cater to and cooperate with The Episcopal Church are: Berkeley Divinity School at Yale (Connecticut); Bexley Seabury-Western Theological Foundation (Illinois); Episcopal Divinity School at Union (New York); Church Divinity School of the Pacific (California); General Theological Seminary (New York); Nashotah House Theological Seminary (Wisconsin); Sewanee School of Theology at The University of the South (Tennessee); Seminary of the Southwest (Texas); Trinity School for Ministry (Pennsylvania); and Virginia Theological Seminary (Virginia).

These 10 seminaries and divinity schools are helping to theologically form the Episcopal priesthood of the future. It is from the priests who are being formed today that the bishops of tomorrow will be chosen.

Looking at the various seminary course catalogs reveal some interesting classes, some of which border on indoctrination rather than education. In fact, looking at some of the seminary courses offered at these “divinity schools”, it seems that seminarian students are being radicalized before they leave their seminary and are ordained into the Episcopal priesthood.

That is particularly true of the seminaries which do not have an historic link to The Episcopal Church, such as Union Theological Seminary and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University.

Historic seminaries which were founded by the Episcopal Church such as General Theological Seminary and Nashotah House have a more traditional understanding of Anglican theology and a biblical grounding which is the backbone of the courses they offer.

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